November 27, 2000
NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT
(Wednesday, December 13, 2000)
AND
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION HEARING
(Thursday, January 11, 2001)
        
RE: Railroad Operations Rulemaking, Docket No. TR-981102      WAC 480-62
TO INTERESTED PERSONS: 
On November 8, 2000, the Commission authorized the filing of a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (CR-102) with the Code Reviser for WAC 480-62 "Railroad 
Companies - Operations."  The proposal would repeal the existing rules and 
replace them with revised rules and add several new rules.
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the CR-102, the rule text and the Small 
Business Economic Impact Statement. Please respond with your suggestions, 
comments, or questions regarding the enclosed revised rules no later than 
Wednesday, December 13, 2000 . Submit your comments to: Secretary, Washington 
Utilities and Transportation Commission, P.O. Box 47250, Olympia, Washington 
98504-7250.
Electronic copies. The Commission also requests, but does not require, that 
comments be provided in electronic format to facilitate quotations from the 
comments, to enhance public access, and to reduce the need for additional paper 
copies. Please help us by sending an electronic copy with your paper filing on 
a 3-1/2 inch, IBM-formatted, high density disk, in .pdf Adobe Acrobat format, 
reflecting the pagination of your original. Please also send us the text in 
your choice of .doc (Word 97 or later) or .wpd (Wordperfect 6.0 or later). 
Please include all of the following information on the label of the diskette:
        *          The docket number of this proceeding (TR-981102)
        *         The commenting party's name 
        *          The title and date of the comment or comments; and
        *         The type of software used 
Please use the three-letter extension noted above for all electronic files. You 
may also send your comments by electronic mail to the Commission's Records 
Center at <records@wutc.wa.gov>; if you choose this means of submitting 
comments, please include all of the information requested above for the 
diskette label. The Commission will post on the Commission's web site all 
comments that are provided in electronic format. The web site is located at 
<http://www.wutc.wa.gov>.
The public hearing to adopt the proposed rules will be held at 9:30 a.m., on 
Thursday, January 11, 2001, at the Commission's open meeting. This public 
hearing will be held in the Commission's Hearing Room, Second Floor, Chandler 
Plaza Building, 1300 S. Evergreen Park Drive S.W., Olympia, Washington.
Questions regarding this rulemaking docket may be addressed to Ahmer Nizam, at 
the above address, (360) 664-1345, or e-mail at <anizam@wutc.wa.gov> 
Sincerely, 
CAROLE J. WASHBURN
Secretary
Enclosures